This problem is easy enough for us to create, and I am quite sure it was not a problem in the possibly distant past.
First, we execute the following on an empty PB "olecontrol" sitting on a window:
ole_1.insertFile ("c:\temp\test.jpg")
Then we execute the following which we hope would display the JPG picture:
ole_1.activate (offsite!)
Instead the following Windows dialog is displayed. We can't seem to get anywhere meaningful from this dialog.

The above sequence of events works fine if the file has a well defined host application, such as a MS Office document or PDF. We would hope a file of type JPG would activate meaningfully because, after all, you can double-click on a JPG to meaningfully view it. This problem occurs for files of type "txt", and no doubt others.
Does anyone know anything about this and/or have a fix or suggestion? This is PB 12.5.2, by the way.
Do we know whose problem this is? I.E. Could this be theoretically fixed within PowerBuilder?
Thanks,
Dan.